“IS IT TRUE” JULY 15, 2019

We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way.

IS IT TRUE we are taking suggestions from all who wish to offer other topics that will help the City-County Observer to continue to served the greater Evansville region? …we ask you please put your recommendations in our comment section?

IS IT TRUE that the appendix of our forthcoming book (IT IS TRUE) will have comments from the “Mole Nation” of 139 members that has been critical to the CCO’s ability to learn about the shenanigans that our elected and appointed officials have been planning? …you may rest assured that absolutely not one (zero) CCO Moles will be personally exposed in this book?

IS IT TRUE we wonder if you would spend $13 to $15 million dollars to be elected to a position that pays somewhere around $300,000 a year?  …if the answer is “yes” then you should run for Governor of Indiana?

IS IT TRUE we recently conducted a “Readers Poll” that ask the question; Who was the the most effective Chief of Staff or Deputy Mayor of Evansville?  …that the highly respected Rose Young garnered an impressive 93 votes to lead the pack?  …Chris Weaver received 79 votes, Randy Shepherd received 74 votes and Bob Whitehouse followed with 52 votes? …74 people said they had no idea? …the current Deputy Mayor of Evansville, Steve Schaefer received a disappointing 27 votes?  …the other four (4) former Chief of Staff members didn’t do well at all in this non-scientific but trendy poll?

IS IT TRUE that the responsibilities of a political party Chairman are to recruit qualified candidates to run for public office, raise money for their party and insure that their party voters show up on election day?  …we wish that an additional responsibility for a political party Chairman would be to take the Dale Carnegie course called “How To Win Friends And Influence People”?

IS IT TRUE that the publisher of the City County Observer and former editor Joe Jack Wallace have agreed to form a literary partnership to author, edit, illustrate and publish a book of the best of the City County Observer “IS IT TRUES”? …these two people teamed up for the first time in early 2010 to provide clarity to a highly questionable deal that was made by a former Mayor? …exposing that stunt lead to a long friendship that included the birth of SNEGAL (sneaky but legal) who was created? …SNEGAL, Lifestyle Lil, and of course “THE MOLE” are all characters created by the City County Observer to cast a bit of humor on the incredibly self-serving things done by the elect leaders of Evansville have foisted on the citizen taxpayers of this fair city over the years?

IS IT TRUE when politicians announce that they are very progressive when its comes to water and sewers and road repairs projects it simply means that the taxpayers can expect  major interruptions in their daily schedules?  …Instead of spending 30 minutes to drive to work it now takes us one and half hours? …this is the price we pay for electing progressive politicians?

IS IT TRUE we are told as of June 30, 2019 the City Of Evansville had a $7 million dollar deficit?  …it’s been alleged by a reliable source that the city raided several city accounts for $6 million dollars in order to bring the deficit down to $7 million as of July 1, 2019?  …that   this is a prime example of ‘Peter Borrowing From Paul”?

IS IT TRUE in 2012  Harrison High School officials named their “Commons Area” after the Shoulders Family and ever since then the  Shoulders Family has hosted an annual “Lecture Series”?  …that  eleven (11) members of the Shoulders family have graduated from Harrison High School? …eight (8) members of their family have graduated from Indiana University?.  …since the founding of the “Shoulders Family Lecture Series” the family have have sponsored prestigious individuals from Indiana University to come down and speak to the students and faculty members at Harrison High school ….this year’s speaker is none other then Indiana  University head mens basketball coach, Archie Miller? …this event will be held on Tuesday, August 27 at 6pm in the “Shoulders Family Commons” and is free to the public? …the City County Observer commends prominent local attorney, Indiana University Trustee, and former CCO “Distinguished Community Service” award winner, Pat Shoulders Esq., current County Commissioner President Ben Shoulders, and the entire Shoulders family for once again providing to community with a fantastic FREE event to our community!

IS IT TRUE that last week the All Saints Parish hosted a free Community Produce Giveaway event at their St. Anthony Catholic Church Campus located at 704 N. 1^st Avenue, Evansville, Indiana?  …that Seton Harvest brought their produce van full of fresh vegetables to share with local community?  …they also provided music, recipes and cold drinks to those who attend this most worthy community event?  …we give five (5) cheers to the members of the All Saints Parish at St. Anthony Catholic Church and Seaton Harvest for helping the less fortunate of our community?

IS IT TRUE that Evansville Living does a superb job in bringing us accurate and up-to-date local articles of substance? …they have earned the reputation of being extremely informative, detailed, aggressive and creative in providing their viewers with the current culture, politics, sports, business, lifestyle, entertainment, dining, and the big personalities unique to our region?  …we give five (5) cheers to Kristen and Todd Tucker for producing an incredible magazine for our region?